Where was A Serious Man filmed?
2009 film, directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.
- Minneapolis
The story is set in Minnesota, about 79 miles (127 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Minnesota; Minneapolis
- Filmed in
- Minneapolis
- Distance
- About 79 miles (127 km) between Minnesota and the nearest filming location.
About A Serious Man
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- Released
- 2009
- Directors
- Ethan CoenJoel Coen
- Cast
- Michael StuhlbargRichard KindSimon HelbergAdam ArkinAmy LandeckerFyvush FinkelGeorge WynerSteve ParkFred MelamedMichael Lerner
- Genre
- Comedy DramaDrama
- Awards
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The story
A Jewish man in a 19th-century Eastern European shtetl tells his wife that he was helped on his way home by Reb Groshkover, whom he has invited in for soup.
In 1967, Larry Gopnik is a professor of physics living in St.
Larry's brother, Arthur, is homeless and sleeps on the couch, spending his free time filling a notebook with what he calls the "Mentaculus", a "probability map of the universe".
Famous lines from A Serious Man
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
Is it.. relevant?Rabbi Nachtner
No. Uh.. what goy?Larry Gopnik
You know Lee Sussman.Rabbi Nachtner
So what did you tell him?Larry Gopnik
We can't know everything.Rabbi Nachtner
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